Monthly Archives: March 2014

I will be hosting our local doll club monthly meeting next week and we will be making Easter Egg doll box. I just made a sample Egg Box myself ( my Bru doll project is on hold this week) and like to share pictures on this blog.

There is a little 4 inch bisque Bunny Baby inside the egg! This Bunny baby was a gift from my friend and he is a perfect size to fit in this 6 inch long egg. I made the bed to fit inside the egg and placed a bunny and his friends around him. He is holding tiny basket with tiny eggs. This will be a fun Easter doll project to do by yourself or with friends.

Julien Martinez is a very talented doll artist in France. I made this Bru doll without dress for her few years ago and Juliean added “teeth” on her mouth.She also created this fabulous dress to complete. I have never seen my Bru doll with teeth. It’s very interesting approach and she succeeded. Congratulations Julien!

I don’t usually repair antique bodies and I have never repaired wooden legs of antique Chevrot body. I wasn’t even sure if this method will work but it did! I took pictures of footage of my repair work this time and I like to share with everyone. Hope it will provide some hint to someone who is planing to repair wooden legs in future.

I purchased this antique Chevrot body a month ago and it finally came! I was going to use this body for my next Bru I already started making head. The body measures 12 inch tall so I thought 16 inch Bru Jne 6 head would fit on this body.. Well, it turned out Bru Jne 6 head is bit too small for the body. ( Oh no! I already bisque fired the head!) I am changing my plan to make Bru Jne 11 head instead. It seems Bru Jne 11 head ( usually for 19 inch doll) fits on this body. The finished doll size will be about 17 inch tall.

The body does not have bisque SP and arms. I am going to make replacement. このボデイーはショルダープレートとビスクアームは付いていないので、私が作ります。

Left toes are broken. I am going to repair this part. 左の足の部分が欠けているので、リペアをします。

A piece of bisque shoulder plate was attached by a nail. I am saving this bisque fragment to match the skin tone color. ショルダープレートは釘で固定されています。このビスク部分は、絵付けの色あわせの参考にとっておきます。

Inside the torso is firmly packed with granulated cork. Fairly large block of wood is hinged from hip joint to keep body posture straight. 胴体は顆粒状のコルクかしっかりと詰められています。胴体の中心には、思った以上に大きいサイズの木片が埋め込まれていました。これがボデイーをまっすぐに立たせる支えになっています。

I started working on new doll head. My next doll will be 16 inch Bru Jne 6. This mold is one of my favorites but cutting eyes on this doll head is rather tricky. Shapes of both eyes are much larger than what I want and they are uneven. I have made very unattractive doll in the past by cutting eye holes by following mold line. In order to create more attractive eyes, I usually erase lower eye line by smoothing the surface with wet soft brush right after I open the mold.This procedure has to be done when the greenware is still wet. Once greenware is softfired, I draw the shape of eyes that I like with pencil and cut it open.

Thank you everyone for visiting my website to view my new doll. Also I appreciate so much for many customers who applied for lottery. I truly wish I could make everyone winner but I had to chose only one person who can buy this doll. And the winner was chosen and she is now sold. I already emailed the winner so if you did not receive email from me by now, I am sorry you did not win the doll. 🙁

I will start making a new doll from end of this week. My next doll will be smaller size Bru Jne doll. I will be posting progress of the doll as I make. Please check my blog and Facebook time to time to see what kind of doll she will be!